by The Chiropractor's Wife | Aug 29, 2024 | Addison's Disease, adrenal insufficiency, alternative healthcare, autoimmune, Foundation Chiropractic, Foundational Health, healing mindset, nutrition, The Chiropractor's Wife
One of the many things our adrenal glands do is help regulate our sodium. Those of us whose adrenal glands are severely damaged from autoimmune disease (or otherwise) tend to crave salt as a result. In fact, I’m technically on a “high salt” diet to...
by The Chiropractor's Wife | Mar 13, 2024 | Addison's Disease, alternative healthcare, autoimmune, healing mindset, nutrition, The Chiropractor's Wife
Does anyone else get discouraged when, after prioritizing good nutrition and healthy lifestyle habits for years, serious illness still shows up? And you feel some level of betrayal that all “the right things” you thought were doing didn’t seem to...
by The Chiropractor's Wife | Jan 12, 2021 | Foundational Health, nutrition, The Chiropractor's Wife, vegetables, whole30
I’ve had more than one person ask me, after they’ve gotten to know my husband a little bit (or after he’s gotten excited about one of his nutrition topics in response to someone asking a health related question), “so what do you guys...
by The Chiropractor's Wife | Dec 16, 2020 | Foundational Health, holiday eating, Nutrition, vegetables
When I married The Chiropractor, there was a unique reason why my brother’s wife was especially excited for him to join the family. (Aside from the chiro care he brought along.) His healthy eating and hence my catering to his healthy eating (eh, more or...
by The Chiropractor's Wife | Dec 1, 2020 | nutrition, The Chiropractor's Wife, vegetables
This started as an Instagram post last year but I realized this might also be a good place to share… The Monday morning after Thanksgiving last year I woke up and could hardly move. I was incredibly stiff and just felt terrible overall. I was scheduled for a...
by The Chiropractor's Wife | Nov 18, 2020 | 21-Day Cleanse, Foundational Health, nutrition, Nutrition, supplements, The Chiropractor's Wife
“The Cleanse.” It’s become its own entity. I’m not talking coffee enemas, apple cider vinegar for 3 days, or excessive fasting. The cleanse I’m referring to is a 21-day detoxification program designed by Standard Process, a supplement...
I'm a BYU music ed grad who went on to become a pediatric music therapist in Texas, where I met and married my chiropractor husband (with a whole lot happening in between). While I can barely differentiate between an occiput and a sacrum and really have no business being on a chiropractic website, I can tell you that everything you read here will be based on my real life experience of being married to Brandt. From endless discussions about gut health to encouragement to try barefoot running to his own fast lasting five days--it's a great, kind of weird, life--and one I wouldn't trade for anything.